You finish the project, send an email with your payment details, and wait. A week goes by. Then two. You follow up, the client apologizes, and says they “didn’t have a proper system” to process your ...

Let’s be honest. Asking clients to pay up on invoices can be awkward even when the payment is late and you have every right to apply some pressure. On the one hand, you upheld your part of the ...

If you’re familiar with the basics of small business accounting, then you know that signing a new client doesn’t mean you’ll get their cash right away. If anything, you might have to wait several ...

If you run a small business, then you understand how important it is to get paid on time. In fact, it’s one of the most important aspects of running a business. After all, how can you pay for your ...

As a small-business owner, selling goods or services to clients is an integral operating task that you perform. In many cases, particularly in the service industry, the buyer sends the seller a work ...

A few weeks ago, The World’s Longest Invoice was created online. Small business owners and freelancers contributed their unpaid invoices for deadbeat clients, encouraged by the Twitter hashtag ...